Rhet gre 1409b6-8διὸ καὶ τὰ μέτρα (7) πάντες μνημονεύουσιν μᾶλλον τῶν χύδην· ἀριθμὸν γὰρ ἔχει (8) ᾧ μετρεῖται.
Rhys Roberts 1924 engand this because language when in periodic form can be numbered, and number is the easiest of all things to remember.
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